What Does It Mean to Come?

Narrator: Chris Genthree
 •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 5
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There is nothing mysterious or mystical about “coming.”
It is one of the simplest of words; a child understands it. If Christ were standing before you now, and you heard Him say, “Come,” would you have to ask what He meant?
When the Lord walked upon the Sea of Galilee, Peter requested, “Lord, if it be Thou, bid me come unto Thee on the water” (Matthew 14:2828And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. (Matthew 14:28)). Jesus said to him, “Come.” It was the simplest of things to obey, though the circumstances were contrary to nature.
Do you still feel puzzled about it? Give a quiet hour to the records of how others came to Jesus. Begin with the eighth chapter of Matthew, and trace out all through the Gospels how they came to Jesus with all sorts of different needs. Trace in these cases your own spiritual needs of cleansing, healing, salvation, guidance, sight and teaching. They knew what they wanted, and they knew whom they wanted. And consequently they just came.
Come then to Him with all your need, and if you
Ask Him to receive you,
Will He tell you, “Nay”?
Not till earth, and not till heaven
Pass away!